Car-fender



J. R. 87 J. A.. JACQUES.

(No Model.)

GAR FENDER.

No. 574,735. PatentedJan. 5, 1897.

dl NTORS ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH R. JACQUES AND JOSEPH A. JACQUES, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 574,735, dated January5, 1897. Application filed September 2, 1896. Serial No. 604,656. (Nomodelh To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH ROMUALD JACQUES and JOSEPH ALEXANDERJACQUES, of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented a new and Improved Car-Fender, of which the followingis afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved car-fenderwhich is simple and durable in construction and arranged to readily pickup any living object or other obstruction in the path of the car.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement as applied and with thecar-platform in section, and Fig. 2 is aplan view of the same.

The improved car-fender is provided with a guard A, made in the shape ofa segment and formed with a strong frame A, on which is stretched orsecured a net A 011 the lower end and on the rear side of the frame Aare journaled wheels B, adapted to travel on the track-rails, so as tohold the front end of the car a suitable distance from the trackrails,as is plainly indicated in Fig. 1.

On the back of the frame A and near the upper end thereof are secured orformed hooks 0, adapted to be hooked into arms D and fastened therein byset-screws E, as plainly indicated in the drawings. The arms D areadjustably held on a transversely-extending shaft F and are adapted tobe fastened thereon by suitable set-screws G, said shaft being journaled in suitable bearings H, attached to the cross-beam of theplatform I of the car.

On the shaft F and near the middle thereof is secured a rearwardlyextending rod J, formed with threads on its outer end, and a weight Kscrews on the said threaded end of the rod J to counterbalance the guardA and insure an easy running of the wheels B on the track-rails. Onthe'shaft F is also secured a rearwardly extending arm L, pivotallyconnected with a bar N, extending upwardly and guided at its upper endin a bearing in the platform I, the extreme upper end of said bar beingprovided with a foot-piece N, adapted to be engaged by the foot of theoperator. A pad 0 is held on the platform I at the bar N to be engagedby the foot-piece J. when the latter is pressed by the operator placinghis foot 011 said foot-piece N and pressing downward to impart aswinging motion to the shaft F, so as to swing the front end of theguard A upward to move the wheels B from the track-rails whenever thelatter is passing over a crossing or the like.

Now it will be seen that by the arrangement described the guard A willreadily pick up any living object or other obstruction in the path ofthe car and retain the same until the car is brought to a standstill. Itwill also be seen that on account of the guard being counterweighted thewheels B will run very easily on the track, and the operator has fullcontrol of the guard to throw the same, with its wheels, out ofengagement with the track rails whenever desired and when passingcrossings, switches, and the like.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent A car-fender having two bearings, the upperportion of each being provided with a rearwardly-extendingrecess adaptedto receive the forward portion of the car-platform, a transverserock-shaft mounted in the lower portion of each bearing, an arm fixed tothe rock-shaft and extended rearward therefrom, a weight carried on thearm, two forwardlyprojecting arms secured to the rock-shaft, a guard,two hooks secured to the guard, the hooks respectively passing downwardinto the forwardly-projecting arms of the rock-shaft, an additional armsecured to the rock-shaft and projecting rearwardly, and a bar pivotedto the said additional arm and extending vertically through the platformof the car, substanti ally as described.

JOSEPH R. JACQUES. JOSEPH A. JACQUES.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES SHANNON, HARRY DE WALLACE.

